Post your favourite pictures: This week, Iron Mike Tyson

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  1. fists of fury

    fists of fury Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    With another tough guy above

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  2. doug.ie

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    brilliant pics all round...
    especially the very first post..

    but...has anyone got a pic of the x-ray of his broken back ??
     
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  3. Manassa

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    Great photograph. Timeless.
     
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  4. prime

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    THANKS. Very enjoyable thread idea.
     
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  6. Charles White

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    Who is he dining with in this picture?
     
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  9. ishy

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    You mean this?:

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  10. Russell

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    Looks like he's putting some food down for the pigeon.
     
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  13. teeto

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    Good thread, one of my very very faves is Mike Tyson, the man can do no wrong in my eyes!
     
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  14. teeto

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    These are special shots you posted McGrain.
     
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  15. fists of fury

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    This is a pet theory of mine, and anyone who reads or used to read comic books (I think Russell does, for one) might relate to this:

    I always believed Tyson tried to cultivate a Mr. Fixit image. Mr. Fixit was an Incredible Hulk persona, complete with suit and fedora. Seriously, Tyson looks almost exactly like him in this shot, and others.

    Tyson was quite the fan of movies involving superheroes like Superman, once quoting verbatim from Superman 2: "Why do you mock me when you know I will kill you for it?"
    Is it possible he read comic books occasionally? Yes. Is it possible Tyson, a man who always looked to certain powerful figures for guidance or who often imitated influential people, tried to copy in a way what he saw in comic books? I don't think it's such a stretch to say so. Mike often even imitated the speech of people like Cus and Jimmy Jacobs, right down to the mannerisms, which he got spot on.

    Why Mr. Fixit? Mr. Fixit was a bit of a throwback who looked like a 1930's Chicago gangster. He..."fixed" things. A wiseguy, a tough guy. A guy who took no nonsense. Someone Tyson may have warmed to, and tried to imitate.

    ...Or of course he simply liked hats!
     
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